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NICOL v. GULF FLEET SUPPLY VESSELS, INC.

No. 83-3540.

743 F.2d 298 (1984)

David NICOL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GULF FLEET SUPPLY VESSELS, INC., in personam, et al., Defendants, Hammett, Leake & Hammett, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hammett, Leake & Hammett, Michael L. Mullin, New Orleans, La., for movants-appellants.

Dale W. Poindexter, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, GEE and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

David Nicol is a foreign seaman who brought suit against five interrelated Gulf Fleet companies to recover for personal injuries suffered aboard a Gulf Fleet tugboat. Nicol is represented by Dale W. Poindexter, who was associated with the law firm of Hammett, Leake & Hammett when Nicol's action was filed in 1980. Poindexter subsequently withdrew from the firm to establish his own practice, taking the Nicol matter with him. Unfortunately, Poindexter...

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